Broadcasting Act 2009

159G

F306[Procedure for making schemes under section 159F.

159G. (1) The Commission shall submit a scheme to the Minister for approval.

(2) The Minister shall consider a scheme submitted to him or her, and may—

(a) approve the scheme,

(b) refuse to approve the scheme,

(c) direct the Commission to reconsider the scheme, or

(d) direct the Commission to resubmit the scheme with such amendments as the Commission thinks fit.

(3) Where a scheme is approved by the Minister under subsection (2)(a), the Commission shall, as soon as is practicable after the approval, make the scheme.

(4) The Commission shall administer a scheme approved by the Minister under subsection (2)(a) in accordance with its terms.

(5) The Commission may prepare amendments to a scheme approved by the Minister under subsection (2)(a), and subsections (1) to (4) and section 159J apply to amendments to such a scheme as they apply to a scheme.

(6) The Minister may, in respect of a scheme approved under subsection (2)(a), direct the Commission to—

(a) review the scheme, and prepare and submit to the Minister any amendments to the scheme the Commission thinks fit, or

(b) revoke the scheme.

(7) The Commission shall comply with a direction under paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (2), or subsection (6).]

Annotations

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Inserted (15.03.2023) by Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (41/2022), s. 54, S.I. No. 71 of 2023.